November 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] Sound problem
by G T Smith 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > G T Smith wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: >>> After my SUSE 10.3 supplied Firefox began acting up and finally refused >>> to appear at all, I installed a Mozilla-origin Firefox. Now, when I >>> click on any sound on a site, I hear nothing. I am operating under KDE. >>> The volume on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8600) is set all the way up. KMIX >>> is on. I had no trouble with this under 10.2. >>> >>> What do I do to fix this? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> djtuchler >> >> >> Curiously, I have the position that if I launch Firefox under KDE in >> 10.2 it segment faults when the sound system is enabled. Under all other >> windows managers it is fine. >> >> My laptop does have a sound hardware which has known issues with Linux >> anyway so I have never explored this in any depth, (and it did give me >> the incentive to explore other windows managers and as a consequence >> found something which suits my usage better than KDE :-) ). >> >> Have you tried with any other window manager? >> > No. Are you using the SUSE-supplied or the Mozilla-supplied Firefox. I > have both installed, but only had problems with the former. > What I was observing was that there does seem to be something odd in the way that Firefox was interacting with the KDE sound support. (Other applications seem to have no unusual issues). I use the SuSE version. I have a general set of rules about installation of software on SuSE... 1) Check if distro RPM exists, if exists use that... 2) Check if 3rd party SuSE RPM exists, if exists use that... most work but some do not... 3) If it uses a bin or script (Netbeans, funambol), repository based (CPAN, eclipse, firefox, thunderbird plugins), apply with caution... These are usually safe enough but one may get the odd surprise.. 4) Build from source (with checkinstall).... 5) If nothing works throw toys out of pram :-) I would not consider using a 3rd party generic RPM ... too likely to break stuff... and you normally do not have the level control of control on where it should go that is available in 3 and 4 ... i.e. you can isolate it from the main configuration... In this case the machine is known for hardware issues with most distros.. the sound support is erratic, the wireless card has given me truly interesting times between SuSE versions, and the power management is somewhat unreliable.., so this really is a localised problem. BTW It was not originally purchased to run Linux on anyway... You mentioned that Realplayer was the problem in your case .. which for some reason surprises me little.. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHLZvHasN0sSnLmgIRAsN8AKDcr7SLu/pjBU7gZIxL1UtMlWqvQQCeN2t8 qUx6bmvvt5XRCEKtyl4AJFs= =+h0I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Pando?
by James Hatridge 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

Hi all, Does anyone know of a way to use Pando on Linux? Thanks, JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 Ebay ID: WartHogBulletin ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.WartHogBulletin.de Many Enemies -- Much Honor! Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.manyenemies-muchhonor.info An American in Bavaria http://www.gaubodengalerie.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] SuSE 10.3 on Intel Macs?
by Janus 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

Does SuSE Linux install and run on Intel Macs - or is the lack of a BIOS an unsolved issue? Best, Janus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How to get SuSE 10.3 see my memory stick
by Maura Edelweiss Monville 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

When I was running SUSE 9.3 I used to plug a memory stick into a USB port and automatically a window opened up showing its contents ..... WHy SuSE 10.3 is not seeing my USB memory stick ? Presumably I need to mount it somewhere ??? Thanks, Maura Maura Edelweiss M. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Graphics card installation?
by Ed McCanless 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

Hi all, I am planning to install a GeForce FX 5500 AGP card in my Suse 10.1 system. I am familiar with the physical procedure (have removed the Wimshurst machine from the room). Can I expect the system to recognize the card and give me a usable display, or do I need to make some adjustments before I install? -ED- P.S. Its good to be getting all the list mail again! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] KDE4 Beta4 Wallpaper
by kbboykin＠comcast.net 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

-- Keith Boykin You are what you think - so always think positively! -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Ben Kevan <ben.kevan(a)gmail.com> > On Saturday 03 November 2007 04:19:43 pm kbboykin(a)comcast.net wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have dl'd KDE4 Beta4 from openSuSE Factory repo onto my 10.3 installation > > and have got it working pretty nicely. Looks good!. I had the Beta4 LiveCD > > and it had a nice desktop wallpaper. The CD actually got me wanting to > > start testing KDE4. However, the desktop wallpaper is black. How do you > > add wallpaper to this? I tried to dl an oxygen theme from KDE-Look, but > > couldn't get it to install. > > > > Any help appreciated. > > > > -- > > Keith Boykin > > You are what you think - so always think positively! > > > Do you have the kde4-wallpaper package installed? Doesn't seem to be. > > Install it, and they will come. > > Ben > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org > Okay, I was only able to install kde4art-wallpapers. KDE4base-wallpaper give warnings about tons of conflicts. Other than "ignoring the conflicts" is it just out of luck for now? Or can one install this anyway since kde4 goes into /usr, right? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] SLES10 SP1 and PERC2
by Chris Arnold 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

I am having trouble installing SLES10 SP1 onto a Dell poweredge 4300 server with a PERC2 RAID card. I have made all 6 drives into a RAID5 and initialized the logical drive. Then i boot off the SLES10 SP1 CD and and i get an error "no hard disks were found. Check hardware and try again". I was able to install SLES9 without any problems and any other OS will recognize the RAID5 drives. The BIOS of the PERC2 does not seem to be the problem. I can also abort the install and try to load the megaraid driver but this never works either.Why won't SLES10 SP1 recognize the logical drive? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Problem solved [was] OpenSuse 10.3: unable to boot anymore
by Martin /Nightowl/ Byttebier 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

This morning my desktop pc running in dualboot XP/OpenSuse 10.3 refused to boot up under openSuse. The boot goes as far as: ... /dev/sda10 on /home type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) NTFS driver 2.1.28 [flags: R/W module] NTFS Volume version 3.1 after this nothing happens anymore unless I hit the [prt scr] buttom. If I hit that buttom the bootprocess goes further but stops at random points. At that point the only thing I can do is switch of the pc. Thanks to the openSuse live cd I was able to solve the problem. It turned out to be a faulty fstab. /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3120023A_3KA02538-part1 /windows/C ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=0222,users 0 0 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3120023A_3KA02538-part5 /windows/D ntfs-3g defaults,users,locale=nl_BE.UTF-8 0 0 That entry was created by ntfs-config tools. Untile yesterday morning this worked just fine but after some updates, I believe ntfs-g3 was one of the updates I did, things went wrong. Anyway everything works normal again. Thanks, Martin -- UTSI: http://users.telenet.be/tos4ever/utsi.htm Atari FTP-site: ftp://kurobox.serveftp.net:3021 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Updated Compiz - Still No Autostart
by David C. Rankin 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

Mates, The only way I can explain this bizarre situation is just to show you what it takes to get compiz started on my Toshiba P35 laptop and leave it there. After logging in to kwin, first I try and start compiz with the same command shown with "ps ax" 00:01 Rankin-P35a~> compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp --indirect-rendering --no-libgl-fallback compiz (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0 compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0 Next, of course, I have remove the /usr/lib/libIndirectGL.so.1 -> libIndirectGL.so.1.2* link. (I've done it so often, I just created a script to do it) 00:01 Rankin-P35a~> su Password: [root Rankin-P35a/home/david] # ./linux/scripts/llibi [root Rankin-P35a/home/david] # exit exit Now with the link gone, let's try again: 00:03 Rankin-P35a~> compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp --indirect-rendering --no-libgl-fallback compiz (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0 compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0 Get kwin back so my decorations return: 00:03 Rankin-P35a~> kwin --replace trying '/home/david/.xcompmgrrc' as configfile finished parsing the config file Ok, now start with fusion-icon. Success, compiz is back. Now, lets see how it is running: 00:03 Rankin-P35a~> ps ax | grep compiz 3804 ? S 0:01 compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp --indirect-rendering --no-libgl-fallback 3807 pts/1 R+ 0:00 grep compiz Go figure? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Removing hardware safely
by Bryen 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

Back in my 9.3 days, I recall when I removed hardware, my installation of 9.3 would go on the fritz and I would have to re-install. I have two dvd-rw drives on this box (10.3) and need to take one out. What is the recommended procedure for safely removing this ide device? Thanks, -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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